Belt



April 7, 1925.

W. H. O BRIEN BELT Filed Aug. 1'7, 1923 VII/II/I/IIIIII/II/II/IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIA INVENTOR.

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latented Apr. 7, 1925.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l" 1LLIAM H. OBRIEN, a citizen of the United tji tafis of America, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belts, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to belts as an article of personal wearingapparel, and has for its principal object the provision of a belthaving, as an integral part thereof, means for attaching the freeextremity of a watch chain. i

It further object of the invention is to so construct the watch chainmeans, that it will in no way interfere with the comfort, use orefficiency of the belt should it be desired to make use of the beltwithout making use of the attachment.

()ther objects and advantages reside in the detail construction of theinvention, which result in simplicity, economy" and eihciency, and whichwill become more apparent from the following description.

In the following detailed description of the invention reference is hadto the accompanying drawing which forms apart hereof. Like numeralsrefer to like parts in all views of the drawing and throughout thedescription.

In the'drawing:

' Fig. 1 is an illustration showing the improved belt in use.

Fig. 2 a detail view of the belt showiug the watch chain attachmentmeans.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through a belt, at the watch chainattachment, showing the method of applying the attachment to belts ofthe laminated type formed of two ormore layers of material.

Fig. l a similar view showing a method of securing the attachment tobelts of the type formed of a single strip of matcrial.

Fig. is a view looking at the inside of a belt of the type illust'atedin Fig. 4.

Fig. (5 is a detail view of the watch chain attachment before it issecured to the belt.

The belt, designated by the numeral 10, may be any of the usual typesand constructions. p

The watch chain attachment consists of a strip 12 of flexible materialsuch as soft leather, formed preferably in the shape shown in Fig. 6,comprising a relatively attachment narrow portion 13 terminating inrelatively broad extremities 14a In securing the attacl'iment to thosebelts made of a single strip of leather or similar material an opening11 is formed by punching completely through the belt. The narrow portion13 of the attachment 12 is forced through this opening 11 and extendsbeyond the face of the belt as a flexible loop in which the free end ofthe watch chain, shown at 15, is held by the usual bar, 16, or buttonshaped guard with which the free extremities of watch chains areprovided.

The broad extremities let of the attachment 12 are extended,substantially along the axis of the belt, in opposite directions, asshown in Figs. 4 and 5, and are sewed, cemented, riveted or otherwisesecured to the inner face of the belt to hold the attachment in place.

In the laminated type of belts which comprise two or more plies orlayers of material, the opening 11 is formed only in the outer ply, 17as shown in Fig. 3, and the extremities 14; are secured between theouter ply 17 and the next inner ply 18, as indicated in the same view,no part of the attachment showing from the inner face of the belt.

It is the custom to have the trouser watch pocket placed to the right ofthe trouser fly, and it is preferred to place the attachment 12 to theleft of the belt buckle a distance equal to the distanceof the watchpocket from the trouser flap so that the watch chain will extendcentrally across the trouser front, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Althoughvthis is the preferred location of the device, it will be understood thatit may be placed in any desired position.

T he attachment, being of soft flexible material. will not interferewith the comfort oruse of the belt with or without the use of theattachn'ient.

V The size of the loop may be varied as desired but it is preferred tohave it rela tively large, as indicated in Fig. 2, to facilitate theinsertion of the chain guard therein. 7

Vhile a specific form of the improvement has been described andillustrated herein it is desired to be understood that the same may bevaried, within the scope of the appended claims, without. departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired securedby Letters Patent is 7 :1. The combination of a belt and an attachmentfor securing the free end of a watch chain to said belt, said attachmentcomprising a strip of flexible material passed through an opening in theface of said belt adjacent the buckle thereof, said strip forming a loopon the out-side face of said belt and having its extremities extended inopposite directions and secured to the inside face of said belt.

2. Means for securing the free end of a watch chain to a detachable,buckle-secured, trouser belt comprising a loop of flat flexible materialextending through an opening in said belt the extremities of said loo-pextending in opposite directions along the axis of said belt and securedto the inner face thereof, said loop arranged to detachably engage theguard of a Watch chain.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature. V

\VILLIAM H. OBRIEN.

